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09/04/2008
Viewers Find DVRs Indispensable
Back in the big-hair days of the 1980s, Americans wanted their MTV. Today, the public is clamoring for a technology that gives them control of when they watch music videos. In other words, recent studies show that nationally, and globally, for that matter, "We want our DVRs." For starters, according to Turner research (based on […]
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09/01/2008
Broadband: How Fast Is RF?
Maybe a better question is, "What’s the speed of an electromagnetic signal in a vacuum?" After all, what we call RF refers to signals in the lower frequency or longer wavelength part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Light is an electromagnetic signal, too, existing in the higher frequency or shorter wavelength part of the electromagnetic spectrum. […]
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08/28/2008
Comcast Delivers at the DNC
Putting together the 2008 Democratic National Convention (Aug. 25-28) hasn’t just been about lining up speakers. It’s been about ensuring the rest of America outside of Denver’s Pepsi Center and Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium have the chance to hear the speeches. As the official cable TV and VOD provider for the DNC Committee, […]
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08/14/2008
Work on Slowing Light Speeds Up
It’s approaching late August, a good time to take a break from the daily grind of the here-and-now. For today’s escape, let’s use optics. For those of you placed in the "F" space of the hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network, current work in access, metro and long-haul fiber optics might entail node splitting, determining test and […]
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08/11/2008
Advanced Advertising Accelerates
The SCTE Engineering Committee's approval of the first half of the DPI advanced advertising interface standard is a milestone.
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08/07/2008
Social Networking Across Devices
Could social networking be reviving the notion of applications that stick to consumers?